Example sentences of "[pron] would [vb infin] [verb] [pers pn] from " in BNC.
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1 | If I were pedantic I would have to exclude it from my description of the Basque country , because Sauveterre is definitely a Béarnais and not a Basque town ; but it is close to the edge of Basse-Navarre , and worth a visit , so I shall rope it in here . |
2 | You know nobody would have prevented you from going . |
3 | Stephen Scobie , in emphasising the motif of sainthood in Leonard 's writing , completely omits reference to this key Jewish emphasis , which would have prevented him from some of his more questionable comments , such as the reference to them as ‘ social outcasts ’ . |
4 | He too is a newcomer to Portrush , but who would have guessed it from a three-under card that showed 16 pars , one eagle and one birdie . |
5 | But before we could lift the bomb out we would have to free it from its clamps and this is where the great difficulty lies . |
6 | It did n't take much to persuade her to come and nothing would have prevented me from seeing precisely what it was that had turned my schoolfriend into what the Daily Express called ‘ a phenomena ’ . |
7 | If he had been young , nothing would have kept him from joining the Tuscan troops but as it was , he felt an old man and useless . |
8 | He was one of the most accomplished debaters in the Government but nothing would have saved him from the mauling . |
9 | These districts were not very fruitful in peat , and they would have to carry them from a distance of many miles ; in some cases a pavement of large stones led from the main road to the door of the dwelling . |
10 | That is possible actually , that he would want to keep it from his neighbourhood . |
11 | He would have recognized her from her strong resemblance to her brother , although she looked the elder by some years . |
12 | He would have put her from his mind . |